Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 1054. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $11000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Tsars of Russia. Petr I Alexeyevich Velikiy (Peter the Great). 1682-1725. AR Rouble (27.66 g, 12h). Novodel issue. Kadashevsky mint. Dated 1705 (OCS date). ЦPЬ ΠETPЪ AЛEξIEBИЧЪ BCEA POCIИ ПOBEЛITEЉ, bareheaded and armored bust right / MAHETA ДOБPAѦ HOBAA ЦEHA P(OУ)БЛЬ ҂ AΨE (OCS date), double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb; imperial crown above. Plain edge. Diakov p. 90, N; Bitkin H803; Severin 185; Uzdenikov 484. In NGC slab graded MS 63, toned.